A stunning turn of events in kabul. Lara a victory forged in the blood of an american betrayal, almost 20 years to the day since 9 11. Here racing to Kabul Airport to flee. Two people who held to the Military Plane that was taking americans to save tie, were so desperate they never let g barely visible as they tumbled through the air to death. In the war against islamic terrorists here. Muslims have long paid the heaviest price, women and children have been targeted by the taliban and other islamic extremists, like the girls at this school, in the afghan capital kabul, three explosions this year, tore through flesh and bones, leaving 85 dead and fear in their wake, afghan families have buried up to 70,000 policemen and soldiers, since 2001. According to a Week Report from brown Cost Cost of war project. Casualty rate so high, Military Convention said though army could sustain it. After heading to Battle Day and night for 20 years, without end, the Scale And Speed of u. S. Withdrawal de
Week . No. Good. Other than the fact that you are achieving new levels of perfection every day. Youre always ascending, right . So heres the thing. Im coming from a different undisclosed location this week. Its supposed to look like all of my unclosed locations. This one is a couple thousand miles away from my last undisclosed location. Rachel, heres the thing. Heres the thing. Its the first time im not going to say where i am. Its the first time in a year and a half that you and i have been doing our shows in the same state. So we can just kind of Leave It at that and youre in narnia too . We havent been this close since 2020. Its like, february, first week of march 2020. It takes me back. I totally thought that i had locked up the wardrobe and i was the only one who could broadcast from narnia. But now that i know youre here, im going to come find. You the same state. Thank you, rachel. Thanks, compadre. As of tonight, and this could change because things could take a dramatic turn f
Century. This online event was hosted by the national Constitution Center which provided the video. And now it is a great honor to introduce our guests. What an amazing panel. Americas most distinguished historians and scholars of congress to help us understand our current Edward Ayers is Tucker Boat right professor of the humanities at the university of richmond. He is the author of many books on the civil War And Reconstruction including and i will just highlight one of his many award winning books, the thin light of freedom the civil War And Emancipation in the heart of america which he discussed of the national Constitution Center in 2017. His forthcoming book is southern journey, the migrations of the american south, 1790 to 2020. Edward ayers, welcome. It is an honor to have you. My pleasure. Thank you. And Joanne Freeman Class of 1954 professor of american history and of american studies at yale university. Where she specializes in the politics and political culture of the revol
The agenda for this meeting is the situation in afghanistan. The agenda is adopted. In accordance with the provisional rules, i invite representatives of afghanistan to participate in this meeting. It is so decided. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. I would like to warmly welcome his excellency this the secretarygeneral and would like to give him the floor. You have the floor. All of us have seen the images in realtime, chaos, uncertainty, and fear. The progress, the hope, the dreams of a generation of young afghan women and girls, boys, and men. Parties must exercise utmost restraint to protect lives and ensure humanitarian needs can be met. Conflict forced thousands from their home. The Capital City has seen a huge influx of internal displaced persons permit provinces around the country where they felt insecure or fled fighting. I remind all parties of their obligation to protect civilians. And i all parties to provide humanitarians with
Welcome. My name is acharya and im codirector of the Policy Lab at claremont mckenna college. It is my pleasure to welcome you all here today to a conversation about modernization in congress. This is a followup to a discussion we held on october 16 where we had the opportunity to discuss congresss diminished role in the constitutional system. Id like to thank you with the program, social, cultural studies for hosting the event, and George Thomas for sponsoring and organizing this event, as well. Were very fortunate to hold this because the timing is certainly right. We started talking about this in october. We had some rather, you know, broad discussions of article 1 powers and the kind of, you know, wellworn thesis about congress, how it had withdrawn from the separation of powers that had been dominated by the executive. And we began to discuss reform ideas, and we hadnt yet had the final report of a select committee on modernization, suggesting reforms, and we certainly hadnt had t